Running vocabulary to First Reader in Russian, 1-5
Ann Rolbin’s First Reader in Russian is a good, brief initiation to some simple Russian sentences. It is more modest in content than the typical reader or chrestomathy of the nineteenth century, but it may make for a good enough praelectio to those kinds of books. It contains a glossary at the end, but it is not comprehensive, and there is no apparent rationale for the words that have been omitted from it. I decided to make a running vocabulary list for the book by each lesson, with the words that are in the book’s glossary at the end as well as the omitted words, but I have included neither prepositions, which may be found, among other places, here and here, nor pronouns, available at the previous link. The words are given as-is in the text, not in their lexical form, and once given, words are not repeated. Here are the first five lessons:
1
- семья family
- город city
- столица capital
- улице street
- живёт lives (v.)
- большом large
- доме house
- квартира apartment
- пятом fifth
- этаже floor, story
- хорошая good, nice
- гостиная living room
- родителей parents
- зобут they call (i.e. so-and-so is named, with the named person[s] as object)
- детей children
- собаку dog
2
- утром in the morning
- восемь eight
- часов clock
- утра morning
- идёт goes
- станции метро metro station
- руке hand
- портфель briefcase
- бумаги paper
- документы documents
- завтрак breakfast
- хлеб bread
- сыр cheese
- колбаса sausage
- пятнадцать fifteen
- девятого ninth
- работу work (n.)
- работает works (v.)
- почте post office
- сумка bag
- половине half
- школу school
- книги books
- тетради notebooks
- остаётся stays, remains
- сидит sits
- смотрит looks
- дверь door
- скучно boring
3
- друг friend
- покупают they buy
- гастрономе grocery store
- молоко milk
- потом then
- лет years
- сегодня today
- холодно cold
- снег snow (идёт снег it’s snowing)
- выходит goes out
- кресле armchair
- мальчики boys
- приносят they bring
- пирог pie
- спасибо thank you
- говорит says
- молодцы fellows, young men
4
- среда Wednesday
- три three
- дия day
- играют they play
- дворе yard
- настольный теннис table-tennis
- довольно rather, quite, pretty
- плохо bad
- но but
- старается tries
- прибегает runs to
- хватает grabs
- шарик ball
- убегает escapes
- кричит screams
- всё everything, all
- игра game
- закончена is finished
- нельзя cannot
5
- кафе café
- сливочное butter
- мороженое ice cream
- стакан glass
- минеральной воды mineral water
- пожалуйста please
- официант waiter
- бутылку bottle
- белого white
- вина wine
- шоколадное chocolate
- две two
- чашки cups
- чёрного black
- кофе coffee
- чай tea
- я заказал I ordered
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